Digital Education: Connotation, Pathway, and Trend

Abstract

The rapid development of digital technology has fundamentally changed the ways we live, work, and study. Digital education has gradually emerged under the influence of social change, technological advancements, global competition, and innovative educational practice. Digital education is not just a simple application of digital technology in education but a new educational paradigm. It builds a more equitable, higher-quality, environmentally friendly, and openly cooperative new education system through data-driven methods, human-technology integration, the combination of virtual and real elements, and open sharing. Developing digital education involves focusing on scenarios, resources, models, evaluation, and digital literacy. China has made significant progress in developing digital education, accumulating valuable experience that can inform the continued and prosperous growth of digital education worldwide. While acknowledging the advantages that digitalization brings to teaching, evaluation, and management, we also need to be aware of the risks and challenges it brings to data security, privacy protection, ethical issues, and humanistic concerns.

Key words： digital education, connotation, data-driven, human-technology combination